BOOM! How to turn your stove into small bomb! LOL!

While showing the wife how to properly tend to the stove in my absence, I inadvertently made the biggest explosion EVER IN THE HISTORY OF COAL BURNING!

I was telling her where to set the air inlet dial on the Mark III, after I had loaded it to the brim with coal, and let it sit with the ash door open to get a good bed burning. I said to her, "do you know what that is set at right now (how many turns out)? Do you know how to find out?" She said no, so I proceeded to show her .... with my face about 3" from the glass. No flame showing, & a bright glow in the pan .......

It was open 1-1/2 turns, so I turn it in & say, "half, one, half ....." BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

Just as the dial was completely shut, I saw a flash of light & my hair blew back (and I don't have much hair, mind you! ), & the biggest cloud of ash in the history of mankind enveloped my basement!! My wife almost had a heart attack!! After she shouted, "HOLY *censored*!!!!" at the top of her lungs, I could hear either pieces of coal, or pieces of my chimney falling back down the chimney!!

Was a hell of a show, let me tell ya!! WOW!!

Just so the audience knows, there were no coal parts harmed in the making of this "BOOOM" At least we hope so... Smitty, that is TOO funny! LOL

I wish I could've caught that one on video! Would have made for alot of laughs!

I swear some stuff fell off the walls upstairs from the percussion!

Guess if you're gone for awhile you're comin home to a cold house!! Thats funny stuff man lmao!!!

Guess that will teach your wife never to go into the basement. I tried to show my wife how to take care of the stoker, so far she has the part of turning UP the thermostat to a science. Much more difficult is turning it down All kidding aside, she will observe me with good intensions but it's not her thing. While taking the ash tubs outside and replaced the one in the stoker I forgot to restart the master switch and asked her to turn the switch on, she had no trouble. I added a night light to the main switch and told her if you do not have heat to make shure the light is always on. WORKS FOR ME.

Thanks Smitty. I was having a bad day, and your story made me burst out laughing. Funny stuff no doubt.

Good deal K9! The post is working!

lol lol lol lol , heard stuff falling back down the chimney!! Scuba Steve <----------------------------- Currently laughing his @$$ off !!!!! Man, thats too funny!

SMITTY wrote:I could hear either pieces of coal, or pieces of my chimney falling back down the chimney!!

Your wife will never touch the stove again
But on a serious note, did you check out the flue to be sure it's sound.

I thought I heard an explosion.
Well looks like you had your loaded the hand-fed too fast initiation, happens to all of us (in my case several times). Now you are a true veteran.

Yowza! One for the books! Yup....the wifey will never go near that thing now!

My wife can fill the hopper on the stoker and empty the ash in my absence, she cannot keep the hand-fed going. If I go away overnight for work 80% of the time I have to empty and restart the Harman when I get home.

LMAO! priceless

SMITTY wrote:It was open 1-1/2 turns, so I turn it in & say, "half, one, half ....." BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

Oh crap, now you are in trouble. I'm almost sure you need a permit or some kind of license to "go Boom" in Mass. !

coalkirk wrote:Oh crap, now you are in trouble. I'm almost sure you need a permit or some kind of license to "go Boom" in Mass. !

.....and New York will ticket him for not getting a permit